I could not endorse this
young man’s petition in support of this legislation because I believe it to be
discriminatory and a clear violation of our right to believe as we wish, even
though it may be stupid, as Senator Kerry recently pointed out.I do believe, quite
sincerely, that it is discriminatory to create laws that virtually prohibit
anyone who is gay from seeking a therapeutic solution that would restore them
to heterosexuality.Why should people
who do not wish to be gay be forced to be gay.Americans seem to have decided in recent years that it is wrong to
prevent people from being gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or trans-sexual.We’ve even had some recent efforts to de-criminalize
child pornography and sex with close relatives, minors and farm animals.Thankfully, we’ve drawn the line on predatory
sex - that is sex with someone who cannot or chooses not to participate. I
believe the ban on gay-conversion therapy falls under the category of “choosing
not to participate”.

The law already protects the gay community’s right to have gay
sex.In some state, gay marriage is even
legalized and proclaimed a social equivalent of ordinary hetero-sexual
marriage.The Gay-Lesbian, Bi-Sexual,
Trans-Sexual (GLBT) movement goes further in its condemnation of all efforts to
“fix” any person’s gay orientation.GLBT
activists assert that being gay is "normal" and therefore the only
appropriate therapy for gay individuals is to help them "accept their
gayness."

If your religious beliefs embrace the idea the idea that gay
sex is sin, then any such law which prohibits even the research into the
development of a therapy to alter one’s homosexual orientation or prevents
persons from seeking a physical or counseling solution, is blatantly
discriminatory against your beliefs.

We are nation that
recognizes each individual's right to choose.If any legislator were to put forward a bill
prohibiting any person from being forced to undergo so-called gay conversion therapy
that I could support.If, however, one
supports legislation that prohibits even research and development of treatments
that would help gay people become hetero-sexual or prevents a therapist from
offering such treatments, then I have a real problem with that.

I don't believe
people should be forced to or prohibited from undergoing sexual reassignment
surgery, plastic surgery, breast augmentation, breast reduction, penile
implants or any other treatment to correct or alter the sexuality of any
individual.You ought to be able to
do what you want. As my liberal friends frequently point out, “The government
has no business in my bedroom.”

That includes the bedrooms of those who are gay and wish
gender reassignment back to hetero-sexuality.The anti-gay conversion therapy bill clearly restricts the rights of
Americans to choose their sexual orientation.I thought that was what the GLBT folk were marching for.Given their support for bills like this, I am
forced to conclude that the GLBT Alliance wants the freedom to move from being
hetero-sexual to homo, trans or bi-sexuality, but that they actively oppose any
efforts to help people move from homo-sexuality to hetero-sexuality.

Because a discomfort with one’s own homosexuality is
generally a feature of religious believers, and that religion is often part of
the motivation behind wanting gay-conversion therapy in the first place, then
laws which prohibit anyone from doing so or helping someone do so are clearly a
violation of the first amendment.Such laws establish a virtual ‘religious’
belief that if one is gay, one’s only choice is to accept that and get on with
your life. We’ll give you a lift to the nearest gay bar.

Were the straight community to pursue creating laws that
force heterosexuals not to experiment with gay sex, bi-sexuality, transvestite
or trans-gender behaviors, the GLBT community would immediately rise up and accuse
us of discrimination. Further we could count on being accused of trying to
protect the pool of potential heterosexual partners and keep the numbers as
large as possible.We’d be accused of
being predatory.

GLBT activists claim there is no effective treatment for
homosexuality.They are only partially
right.This is because GLBT activists have worked hard to stop the development
of any effective treatment. When the APA was pressured by the gay community
to drop homosexuality as a “diagnosis” from the APA Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual, hundreds of thousands of gay Americans were instantly cured with the
stroke of a pen. Not everyone in the psychiatric community agreed with the idea
that homosexuality was not a “disorder”, but those who did not, have since found
themselves hounded, pressured and persecuted for daring to do any research into
a way to treat or cure homosexual tendencies in their patients.It matters not to the GLBT activist that the
person may not want to be gay.Their
advice to any homosexual person is to get used to it.Go ahead and be gay. The GBLT believes the
topic is closed, settled and finished.Taking
their cue from global warming alarmists, the GBLT community has declared the
science “settled” and shouts down anyone who says otherwise as dangerous
cranks.

Our freedoms are
being eroded on all sides. While I cannot compete with the massive
organizational capabilities of the GLBT community on this issue, I certainly
will not sign a petition in support of it.My liberties are already wearing pretty damned thin.Cannabis supporters want marijuana use to be
not just legalized, but normalized.They’ve
won in the issue in two states already. Nudists want to run loose in San
Francisco. Ru Paul is a popular celebrity. Reality TV has people eating bugs in
prime time – something once reserved for the Jerry Springer show during the
afternoon when decent people are taking naps.

So what’s next?

I suspect that farm
animals will soon need to start watching their backs.

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